Author Archives: sbarrouillet

STAY HERE PÄRT! SERIES (5 titles)

written by Anti Saar & illustrated by Anna Ring

Pärt and his dad have finished shopping and are queuing to pay. Suddenly, Dad notices that he has forgotten something. ”Stay here, Pärt!,” says Dad. But the line is moving fast and Pärt has to put things on the conveyer belt. A series about uncomfortable situations familiar to all children.

Rights sold: Polish, Danish, Latvian, Italian, Croatian, Slovenian & Russian

Hardback / 160 x 210 / 32 pages / Paike Ja Pilv

THE HOLEY DAY

written by Kadri Kiho & illustrated by Mirjam Siim

Hi, my name is Karl Joonas. Just this morning while I was getting up, I found that one of my favorite socks had a hole in it. But that was only the beginning! Some days are simply full of holes. Winner of the 2017 Kneelength Book Contest!

Paperback / 220 x 220 / 42 pages / Paike Ja Pilv

THE AIR AROUND US

Sun-hwa Lim & Hyeon-suk Cho

What comes in and out of our nose non-stop? Air! Although air is invisible, it is the most essential element to sustain life. Through fascinating experiments, readers will experience the existence of air, and they will also learn what air can do.

Woongjin Thinkbig / 270 x 215 / 44 pages

World except Korean, Simplified Chinese & Indonesian

HOTEL FOR GERMS

written by Sung-hwa Kim & Su-jin Kwon and illustrated by Ryeong-eon Kim

Can you see me? I’m long and chubby. I live inside a large hotel that moves all the time. I’m a colon bacillus I live on the middle floor of the hotel. Inside the dark and curvy large intestine of yours!

Rights sold: Complex & Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Indonesian & English

Hardback / 270 x 215 / 44 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

GRASS FRIENDS

written and illustrated by Saida

The story of grass on the golf field. The grass and their friends are happy with their life. Once day when they wake up, the grass notices that all the friends are gone, and that it has been cut and trimmed by humans. A powerful book about the impact of humans’ actions and capitalism on the world around us.

Paperback / 230 x 280 / 40 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

DO YOU SEE ME?

written and illustrated by Ji-hee Park

“I’m Invisible. I can’t speak nor play with anyone. I don’t know when it started, but I turn invisible when I come to school.” Until one day our hero decides after much hesitation to overcome his fear and picks up the eraser on the ground – and his hand appears.

Rights sold: Japanese and Complex Chinese

Paperback / 180 x 240 / 52 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

ARE WE THERE YET?

written by Petra Postert and illustrated by Jens Rassmus

The holiday season has arrived! Jim and his dad are on their way to the seaside. But the ride is long for young Jim is getting bored. Are we there yet? Maybe Dad could tell a story to make the journey go faster? How about the story of a goat and the goose on their way to the seaside! By the author and illustrator of I STILL NEED ALL OF IT!

Picture Book / 250 x 230 / 36 pages / Tulipan Verlag

I WILL PROTECT YOU, DAD!

Ko Jungsoon

A girl tells her dad that when she grows up she will look after him. She will build robots that tidy his socks and she will be his wings when he is down. A picture book that introduces the idea of caring for others. Sequel to MUMMY ARE YOU COMING?

Woonjin Thinkbig / 240 x 220 / 44 pages

World except Korean

HOLLIE AND FOX

Nini Alaska

Hollie lives with her grandmother in a small Swedish town. Her parents are on the road a lot and she dreams of a real family life. When she meets Fox things start changing. Hollie now has a real friend. But Hollie misses her parents and Fox longs for the forest. It cannot go on like that and Hollie decides to do something.

Tulipan Verlag / 250 x 230 / 48 pages

World except German

THE KING AND THE NIGHTINGALE

Mascha Kaléko & Hildegard Müller

After hearing the delightful song of a nightingale, the king demands from his servants to bring the bird to his palace. But once caged, the bird won’t sing any more although the king makes every imaginable effort. It takes the words of the wise man to make the king understand just what the bird was missing. A plea for tolerance and freedom.

Tulipan Verlag / 220 x 300 / 36 pages

World except German